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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
705 AM CDT TUE SEP 17 2024
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GOVE KS-
705 AM CDT TUE SEP 17 2024
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, GOVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1100 PM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3890 10025 3892 10024 3896 10019 3897 10015
3889 10015 3886 10015 3885 10018 3885 10022
3887 10025
KAK
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